General Noise

For the last few weeks, there's been an overlaod of students at my school which just proves that it is a business and not a school. The sheer amount of teenagers chatting away in their native languages, ignoring the "English Only" policy, coupled with just the general noise level is irritating. Like I felt in Seoul, with the crowded streets and slow-moving populace, my capacity for handling stress dimishes. I'm a rather easy-going individual usually, but sometimes I just want to rampage.

On top of this, the heat this week has made life nearly unbearable. Sure, the building is air conditioned, yet still it seems to affect everyone, especially teachers. Breaks outside are no longer comfortable and the option of remaining inside the school only to waste away the 10 minutes is not appealing.

Add to all this the idea of tutoring a nice, but frustratingly "old dog new tricks", makes for days to go long and tempers to approach explosion.

Of course, I did decide on a vacation today, which may have made my boss's existence more stressful; it decreased mine.